CrumbleBot: A Fun Way To Introduce Coding and Robotics at Primary Level
We have previously used the Microbit to introduce coding and Robotics to our senior classes. However, this year we decided to try something similar but different and this is how I stumbled upon the...
View ArticleLoom: Say it With Video
During this current lockdown it has been difficult finding simple and accessible technology that teachers can use to make online learning interesting and meaningful for their children. One of the...
View ArticleFind Your Blend with TeachNet CPD
As school’s stagger their return this March from another enforced emergency remote learning hiatus where teachers at all levels had to grapple with adapting their face-to-face teaching to fully...
View ArticleNearpod, UDL and assessment- the perfect combo?
A perfect combination? Is there ever such a thing! What I’m here to tell you is that a particular tool that I’ve tried out, Nearpod, addresses some of the principles of universal design for learning...
View ArticleHave you tried podcasting with your class?
Podcasts are something we have become accustomed to over the past few years. Whether it be listening to Tommy and Hector giggling about school life antics or something more serious like an episode...
View ArticleSocrative v Kahoot – A Comparison
Formative assessment through the means of digital technology has become very popular in recent times, and has been accentuated by the move to remote / blended learning in the Covid-19 context. Kahoot...
View ArticleScience Blast Goes Virtual in 2021
As with so many things in this new reality we find ourselves in, ESB Science Blast is moving online for 2021. Whilst going virtual is a necessity in this pandemic, organisers expect the move will...
View ArticleBlended Learning – What is Your Unique Blend?
We recently passed the 1 year anniversary when education moved online. During the past 12 months schools, further education and training organizations and higher education has moved to a remote...
View ArticleOneNote- The whiteboard that is never rubbed out!
Microsoft OneNote is a digital note taking application. Teachers can use it to add lesson content, store files, set homework and groupwork or use it as a digital whiteboard. OneNote makes lesson...
View ArticleEmulating Social Interactions Online: A simple idea!
Relationship Building Relational development can be considered a vital component of effective teaching and learning, indeed one that has an impact on learners’ motivation and achievement (Niemi &...
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